Re-Building the BEAST

I won my matches vs Carl and Ping Pong Holic using the Modified Re-Built beast, it is battle ready and worthy.

Yeah, Carl, he figured to take his chances on FH, and get a few errors he was looking for, and a lot more smashed or spinny loop balls for points than he bargained for. He isn't dumb, he figured out why I am not his level soon enough, he also learned that looping fast right at me is a losing prospect that will only give him more exercise trying to chase down the fast block away from him. He still got enough winners or forced errors to pull it out... after many deuce points in the 5th deciding set haha.

Usually, the extreme short ball near the net is a good ball to give me (to get an error from me) but that night I mysteriously hit many of those in. I must have been taking Kim Jeung Hoon's advice and waiting a little longer for ball to come into the zone.

What is even more mysterious is just the night prior at Boston TTC I lost EVERY match I played during 6 hours and was simply off time. I think the lighting there has something to do with it as well as plastic ball timing, but I never in my life had such a night in club play ever. Even when I played what felt like 1-2 levels better than my level, I lost where I had good chance to win. I waz wore out that night and there was major traffic on freeway to NYC (that is why I was 1/2 hr late) and I had to drive 5+ road hours to get there and I still played like I was fresh. Hmmm.

That mod helps me play better at the style I like, which is really mixed, both defensive and offensive.

I am processing a decision to slap on my last new sheet of Evo MX-P on my modified Kanaph, or go with the tried and true BEAST for my Jan 10 tourney.

http://www.mvttc.net/2015winter/players/

I am ranked #2 on both cash paying evenets, so I had better well open up one of these at the tourney after the O40 part is done...

Good point Carl, but this is Utica, NY and the nearest bridge large enough for a jump is of considerable distance. Players here are too lazy to drive hours just to jump off a bridge. There isn't enough excitement in it for them to justify the long drive and all those tolls.

I think I will slap on a new FH rubber, heck, who knows, maybe my nexy stock will hit my partner in time for him to mail me a new jersey and I can try out the new Nexy rubber for the poly ball era - Demian II on BH wing.

Carl, you are showing moar indicators of being a major troublemaker as time goes by. I think it should be like that as we get older.

Since I get a chance to pimp up Nexy gear at this tourney, I hope my partner in FL gets the big shipment and can get me a new uniform and some blades/rubbers to bring to the tourney. You never know when a US EJ tourney player needs to suddenly buy a 5th backup bat or a 10th spare rubber.

Serious though, the new Nexy jerseys are great. I think I will be wearing a few versions of official Korea Foreign, One TTD black logo jersey, and hopefully, the new Nexy Contrast Jersey.

I just did a fresh re-install of Windows on my laptop and now you gunna make me re-install a 12 yr old version of photoshop again haha.

Work never ends when Carl is around.

Now I am gunna hafta cause sum moar trouble as a diversion. Thanks Carl. ;0

I think I am going to print a 8.5x11 Letter sized graphic cut it to the size of a large spaghetti sauce can, glue it to the can, tuck it in my TT bag, and break it out to put on the table right before one of the matches and ask a bystander if he can open this can for me.

I just discovered I have one sheet of FX-P so I think it will be fresh FX-P and XP 2008 on the Kanaph and go to battle.

If I could get a pic of a bystander surprised at my request and seeing the can itself, I think that would make one great MEME, maybe one of the best ever.

Phamster, It was in another thread, but I made my FIRST EVER appearance in an Open FINAL in a US Sanctioned tourney... EVER (Using modifird Kanaph).

Aerial was there watching final too, I was clowing around to stay loose, I wasn't near the level of my opponent, I realized my chances of winning were very slim to none. Since there were a number of people watching, I tried to make it entertaining and have some fun myself.

Since then, I have dropped 3 levels, my last two tourneys I have lost almost 200 ratings points.

The long winter where we would get 3 ft of snow and -30C or worse temps daily kept me inside... and I gained fat like a BEAR. Up to yesterday, I would say I was 1600 level tops. I have been carrying a grade two tear of a tendon on my upper arm that I hit with, likely a rotator cuff tendon, nearly completely ripped of, was pretty painful the first two months I injured it, likely clearing snow using extended arms or ripping the cord starting motors to clear snow.

I am now in Boston to see my daughter and played 8 hrs at Boston TTC and had my best night playing there I can remember, For the first time, I was able to make an explosive BH shot, my injury really limited to kind of BH I could make, restricted to solid impact short stroke counter shots. I feel like I am back to mid 1700s level already after just two days hitting with a 1200-1300 level player at camp a couple times and the long day at Boston TTC. I am so happy I can now use my normal backhand vs underspin.

Aerial, very difficult to tell exactly what part of the wrist is injured, there are three different planes of rotation and all the stuff used to make a grip.

I would wager that is affecting your ability to use the 15-20 degree pivot you use on FH shots with wrist snap and over the table BH wrist snap going forward. Prolly also making it tough to have a firm grip.

Tendon injuries heal VERY slowly.

What you do is improve your situation so it can heal a little quicker.

1) Avoid tweaking it.

2) Use a far infrared heat device to stimulate increased blood flow. Such a 12V device costs around $100 USD on Amazon and is worth every cent. Heating the surface like a water bottle wont cut it, you need heat a little deeper. You gotta alternate the times, but do it a lot the first couple weeks. You can also oil it up and massage it, that can get better blood flow. Some knowledgeable people with acupuncture can do something for you too. Some Asians swear by certain stones heated and applied to your injury site, give that a try if you got that stuff around.

The key is you need increased blood flow to bring more healing stuff to the injury site. Tendons do not get a lot of blood in the first place (compared to muscles) so this is real critical in speeding up your healing.

3) When your injury has healed enough to put some kind of load on it without tweaking it or re-injuring it, you need to exercise it to before the limit. If you do not do this, you lose fitness in all the supporting and surrounding areas and you will get re-injured easier later.

4) Do strengthening exercises, get the set of light weights for it. I got a box of 2 each 2, 3, and 5 lb Neoprene weights for $25ish delivered. Those are the weights you will need to start out doing high reps light weight once body weight reistence is not enough.

It can take some time to get back your full range of motion (if the injury affected that). Tendon injuries heal notoriously slowly. Even if your injury site feels great, continue strengthening, you will need it, trust me.

Carl can really break this down for you since he has to deeply understand all the principles and concepts of how the body works in his profession and prolly have a few decades of practical experience for you.